Village Gamer

Canada – Seattle in July means it’s time for Casual Connect, hosted by the Casual Games Association. This is the first year that I will be able to attend the event, and it looks like I’m going to be in some very good company. While some of us are venturing down to take part in the Leadership Development Forum being held the day before the actual conference, many others will be looking to make business connections and display their products to the thousands of attendees. It is through the assistance of the Consulate General of Canada in Seattle and the Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade that many of the Canadian companies are able to attend the show, and I know that they will be taking full advantage of the opportunity. I know that I am looking forward to meeting many of the people I have until now only known through email and press releases.

When I asked our Consulate representative for a list of the Canadian companies who were confirmed through his office to be attending, I had no idea that the number would be so high. I had planned on doing a nice blurb about each company, but for the sake of brevity and time consumption, I have opted to list each participating company or individual with a link to their respective sites.

Including those of us who are representing Women In Games Vancouver at Casual Connect, there will be approximately 80 companies, associations and independents from this side of the 49th meeting in Seattle. There may be other Canadian companies who are also attending the expo and I will be more than happy to add them to the list if notified. Those noted in italics are also participating in the Leadership Development Forum on Monday July 20.

Who is Going To Casual Connect:

*Adrian Crook North Vancouver BC	Masters of Digital Media* Vancouver BC
*Deep Fried Entertainment Vancouver BC	Genius Factor Games* Vancouver BC
*Ubisoft Vancouver Vancouver BC	Gogii* Halifax NS
*GamesCafe.com Calgary AB	Fuel Industries* Ottawa ON
*Fit Brains Vancouver BC	Cerebral Vortex* St. Catharines ON
*Pho3nix New Media Calgary AB	Twisted Majic* Vancouver BC
*Bioware Corp Edmonton AB	Yummy Interactive* Vancouver BC
*FreeToPlay.biz North Vancouver BC	Teravision Games* Vancouver BC
*InterActiveCorp Victoria BC	Backstage* Victoria BC
*Computec Media Vancouver BC	New Media BC* Vancouver BC
*Certain Sound North Vancouver BC	Telefilm Canada* Canada
*OBehave! Entertainment Vancouver BC	Credo Interactive* Vancouver BC
*Jolly Bear Games Vancouver BC	AnnexPro* Vancouver BC
*IUGO Mobile Entertainment Vancouver BC	No Robots Interactive* Vancouver BC
*Big Fat Simulations Langley BC	Studio B Productions* Vancouver BC
*Overinteractive Media Vancouver BC	Techvibes.com* Vancouver BC
*Gold Sun Games Moncton NB	measurand inc* Fredericton NB
*Vast Studios Inc Toronto ON	Decode Entertainment* Toronto ON
*Alien Concepts Inc Toronto ON	Untold Entertainment Inc* Toronto ON
*Social Game Universe Toronto ON	Redjade Inc* London ON
*Junk Battles London ON	Gamezebo.com* Toronto ON
*socialDeck.com Concord ON	Howling Moon Games* Rockwood ON
*Richard Wah Kan Toronto ON	Casale Media* Toronto ON
*NDi Media Montreal QC	Frima Studio* Quebec City QC
*Sarbakan Quebec City QC	ODD1 Inc* Montreal QC
*Blue Lizard Games Montreal QC	PaymentPin* Montreal QC
*Tribal Nova Montreal QC	Machkor Holdings Ltd* Montreal QC
*Gamerizon Montreal QC	Tara Mustapha* Vancouver BC
*31337 Recruiters Vancouver BC	Su Skerl* Vancouver BC
*Hellbent Games Vancouver BC	EA Canada* Burnaby BC
*Sumi Nam Vancouver BC	Alberta Government* Alberta
*Hothead Games Vancouver BC	A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games* Vancouver BC
*Investissement Quebec Quebec	Montreal International Game Summit* Quebec
*PixelStorm Edmonton AB	Big Hadron Games* Vancouver BC

American Based Companies With Canadian Locations

*ComScore Toronto ON	NPD* Toronto ON
*Somatome Vancouver BC	Starz Media* Toronto ON
*Big Fish Games Vancouver BC	Nintendo* Richmond BC
*Microsoft Casual Games Vancouver BC

…and I will be at the conference for Monday and Tuesday – I hope to meet you there!